What is the authenticity of the report of a sheet descending containing the exoneration of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz?
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Question:
The questioners are Zakiyah and Widad, listeners to this program. They have this question, along with a group of other questions. They say in this question: Your Eminence, we heard on one of the religious tapes that when the Caliph 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) died, a sheet flew down from the sky on which was written "The exoneration of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz from the Fire." Is this true?
Answer:
This has not reached me; I have not been informed of this.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
The questioners are Zakiyah and Widad, listeners to this program. They have this question, along with a group of other questions. They say in this question: Your Eminence, we heard on one of the religious tapes that when the Caliph 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) died, a sheet flew down from the sky on which was written "The exoneration of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz from the Fire." Is this true?
Answer:
This has not reached me; I have not been informed of this.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
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